Spectacle or eyeglass case



UNITED STATES PATENT rerun,

JOHN CASEY AND MURRAY S. GI-IISM, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECTACLE OR EYEGLASS CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,825, dated April26, 1898.

Application filed I one 29, 1896. Serial No. 597,315. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN CASEY and MUR- RAY S. GHISM, citizens of theUnited States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spectacle orEyeglass Gases, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

Ourinvention consists of aspectacle or eyeglass case formed of abulgingbody, a mouth having walls with diverging sides, and a lid hinged tosaid body, the sides 'of said lid converging from the outer end of thesame to the hinge of said lid, so as to provide increased room for theinsertion of the lens and a wide passage when the lid is opened, whilesaid hinge is narrow and straight.

Figure 1 represents a front or face view of a case embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof. Fig. 8 representsa transverse section thereof on line at 00, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body of the case, the sameconsisting of the front B and the curved back 0, said front beingbulging in longitudinal direction and having parallel sides D and therounded bottom E, said front tapering toward said bottom at its endportion E, as most plainly seen in Fig. 2. The upper portion of the bodyis occupied by a lid or top F, which has tapering sides G and therounded upper end H, said end conforming to the upper end G of the back0, said ends having fastenings 0 thereon. The face of said top istapering or receding from its inner termination to said top H, it beingnoticed that said top is connected with the front 13 by means of thehinge J, one butt K of which consists of a wide piece of metal, whichextends to the back of the casing and which is riveted or otherwisefirmly connected with the adjacent portion of the front B. Projectingfrom the front at the sides G of the top F are the walls L, which areabove the ends of said butt K and are continuities of the upper portionof said front and have their inner sides flaring, so as to accord withthe tapering sides G of the top F.

It will be seen that when the top F is open it affords a large space forthe entrance and removal of spectacles or an eyeglass and that a narrowhinge is provided for said lid, the ends of which are inclosed by thewalls L, so as to remove said ends from contact with the pocket, whilesaid walls strengthen the portion of the body A around the joints formedby the top F and the portion of the body 13 at said hinge, which latter,being uncovered when the top is opened, is reinforced or strengthened bythe leaf or butt K, which extends across the face of the body and is riidly connected therewith, as has been stated. It will also be seen thatthe lid is bulging, so as to provide ample room for the insertion of thelens within the same, and its outer end entirely covers the adjacent endof the back, it being of the full width of said end or approximately so.The sides of said lid converge from said outer end to the hinge J, whichis accordingly narrow and made straight or right lined, while thegeneral bulge of the body and lid is preserved. The walls L of the mouthof said body aside of said lid are also bulged or rounded and have theirinner edges diverging and closed by the converging sides of the lid.Furthermore, the shape of the body of the case is such that, owing toits curved back and bulging front, it possesses the greatest holdingcapacity, while the general contour of the case is such that it occupiesa minimum space in the pocket.

We are aware that it is not new to hinge the lower end of the lid to theside of a case and have the lid close at the end thereof; but we are notaware that it is common to form the lid with a narrow lower end andflaring sides widening toward the top, wherebya portion of the front ofthe casing aside of the lid is integral with the back thereof, so thatthe upper portion of the case is strengthened.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A case consisting ofabulging body, amouth having walls with divergingedges, and a lid hinged to said body, the sides of said lid convergingfrom the outer edge of the same to the hinge of said lid, said hingebeing straight.

JOHN CASEY. MURRAY S. Cl-IISM. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, M. G. LUKENS.

